Improvement in carriage-top prop-blocks



W. N. BARNETT.

Carriage-Top Block.

No 52,126; Patented Jul-1.23, 1866.

MPEIZRS. PMOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON u C Unrrnn STATES ATEMBEQ YVILLIAM N. BARNETT, OF URBANA, OHIO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,526, dated January 23, 1866.

To all tr/tom imu concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. BARNETT, of the town of Urbana, in the county of Chainpaign and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Carriage- Top Prop-Blocks, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of carriage-top propbloeks ot' flexible indiarubber. Its advantages consist in a greater durability than those previously in use, are neater in finish and less in size. The elasticity of the material of which they are composed will prevent the wearing away of the back bow and other parts of the top.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction.

I construct my blocks of flexible indie-rubber, varying in length and diameter to suit the carriage or buggy to which they are to be attached. by one and one-fourth inch in diameter, with a thickening of the rubber on top, as shown at A in the accompanying drawing, and a projecting bead at the ends, as shown at B, with a five-eighths-of-an-inch square hole through the center, as shown at G.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Carriage-top prop-blocks made as described above, as an article of manufacture.

WM. N. BARNETT.

Witnesses:

WM. WARREN, E. B. GAUMER.

The usual length will be fourinehes 

